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shabbes-goy

shabbes-goy is the alternative spelling of shabbos goy.

Meaning of shabbos goy

Noun

shabbos goy (plural shabbos goys or shabbos goyim)

  1. A gentile who performs certain acts which are forbidden to observant Jews on Shabbat, such as kindling fire.
    • Sometimes the family was helped on the Sabbath by a shabbos goy who would light some candles in their house.
  2. (derogatory, offensive, white supremacy) A gentile who holds philo-Semitic views, and is perceived as being subservient to Jewish people.

Noun (1) capitalized: Shabbes-Goy

Shabbes-Goy (plural Shabbes-Goys)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of shabbos goy.

Noun (2) capitalized: Shabbes-goy

Shabbes-goy (plural Shabbes-goys)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of shabbos goy.

Forms of shabbes-goy

pluralshabbes-goys
pluralShabbes-Goys
pluralShabbes-goys

Questions about shabbes-goy

What is shabbes-goy the alternative spelling of?
Shabbes-goy is the alternative spelling of shabbos goy.
What part of speech is shabbes-goy?
Shabbes-goy is a noun.
What is the plural of shabbes-goy?
The plural of shabbes-goy is shabbes-goys.

Words near shabbes-goy in the dictionary

  1. shabbats
  2. shabbed
  3. shabbes
  4. shabbes goy
  5. shabbes goys
  6. shabbes-goy
  7. shabbes-goys
  8. shabbier
  9. shabbiest
  10. shabbification
  11. shabbified

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shabbes-goy (page history and authors); Shabbes-Goy (page history and authors); Shabbes-goy (page history and authors); shabbos goy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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